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International Journal of Language Studies (IJLS) invites professional (applied) linguists and language researchers to submit their scholarly papers to IJLS. All submissions can be made in *.doc or *.docx format. A PDF copy of the manuscript should also be submitted if it contains special symbols, phonetic transcription, or characters from languages other than English. To see which other materials should be sent along with manuscripts, please see the Author Guidelines page.

Acceptable Scope for Manuscripts Authors can submit (a) research papers, (b) research notes or reports, (c) 'state of the art' articles, or (d) critical book reviews. Acceptable themes include, but are not limited, to:

There is also room for a forum section in each issue which aims at enhancing debate between authors and the wider community of applied linguists; the forum section is dedicated to short pieces of writing which are typically 'responses' to a published article, a short research note or report, or a commentary on research issues or professional practices. The Journal also contains a review section which is dedicated to 'State of the Art' papers or 'Critical Book Reviews.'